Kornis Castle
Castelul Kornis · Kornis-kastély (Szentbenedek)
sat Mănăstirea; comuna Mica, Cluj · 160-161
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Summary
A Renaissance castle at Mănăstirea (Mica commune, Cluj County), seat of the Kornis family and known as the 'castle with unicorns'. It is a severely degraded ruin held by the family's heir, with no restoration under way.
Legal status
Returned to the family's last heir (Bethlen Berta, d. 2014); later held by a Kornis heir ↗
History
The main building was erected by Kristóf Keresztúri between 1573 and 1593. The estate became Kornis property around 1673; Gáspár Kornis added a second floor and Zsigmond Kornis renovated it in 1680 and added two bastions and restored the entrance tower in 1720. In the early 1900s it housed a natural-history museum and a library of about 9,000 volumes. The collections were destroyed or stolen after nationalisation. State restoration work in 1975-76 was abandoned. The castle was returned to the last heir, Bethlen Berta, who died in 2014 without restoring it. In 2017 a Kornis heir said he would not sell and hoped for Hungarian government funding.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| c. 2009 | Restitution | — | Returned to the family's last heir (Digi24, 2014: 'about five years' earlier) ↗ |
Listed components
- Aripa veche a castelului Kornis — 1512, ref. sec. XIX (CJ-II-m-B-07704.01)
- Corpul neoclasic al castelului Kornis — sec. XIX (CJ-II-m-B-07704.02)
- Fântâna castelului Kornis — sec. XIX (CJ-II-m-B-07704.03)
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